there are several of the one over the DOTR from different angles and distances. it's pretty cool. there have been some over Utah that were pretty good also. they were at about the same time, i think.

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These guys look to be about a mile out from the “UFO”. When the “UFO” suddenly accelerates up and out of the frame, geometry would suggest it has moved at least 1 mile under 1 second. That means the final velocity of the “UFO” was at least 3600mph, or 1609meters/second.

Average Acceleration = (final velocity – initial velocity)/time

So

The average “UFO” acceleration here would be (1609m/s – 0m/s)/1sec = 1609meters/sec/sec.

A “g factor” is the rate of acceleration due to gravity on earth. It is 9.8m/s/s.

So our little green “alien” friends in that ship would experience an average g force of at least 164 g’s!

Far beyond lethal limits of anything with blood.

Instantaneous acceleration (dv/dt) near time 0 would likely be much higher.

But if their "blood" were to consist of pure matza balls they could stand many more G's??

Scott

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.....The greatest changes occur in their country without their cooperation. They are not even aware of precisely what has taken place. They suspect it; they have heard of the event by chance. More than that, they are unconcerned with the fortunes of their village, the safety of their streets, the fate of their church and its vestry. They think that such things have nothing to do with them, that they belong to a powerful stranger called “the government.” They enjoy these goods as tenants, without a sense of ownership, and never give a thought to how they might be improved.....

Well Kathy, at least the headless horseman isn’t violating any acceleration rates ;)

I’m going to go with the idea of a lens flare on this one. My guess (and it is just a guess) is the flames in the background are flaring off the lens and making an inverted image of the flames that can be interpreted to look like a horse. You may notice that the horse flickers just like the flames in the background and the color of the horse is close to the color of the burning fire in the background.

Where is Anderson Cooper when we really need him?

Kathy, thanks for the link, that was interesting to watch. I guess I haven’t been watching the news lately.

bluebee, i spend so much time weeding through regular reports that a little fun stuff is often in order. we all need to be entertained.

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.....The greatest changes occur in their country without their cooperation. They are not even aware of precisely what has taken place. They suspect it; they have heard of the event by chance. More than that, they are unconcerned with the fortunes of their village, the safety of their streets, the fate of their church and its vestry. They think that such things have nothing to do with them, that they belong to a powerful stranger called “the government.” They enjoy these goods as tenants, without a sense of ownership, and never give a thought to how they might be improved.....

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

A drunk is standing outside of a bar, hanging onto a pole for support.As stranger walks past the drunk asks, "Hey Buddy, is that the sun or the moon up there?"The Stranger says, "I don't know, I'm not from around here, to me it's a UFO!"

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